The Great Gatsby: A Hero’s Journey Through Illusion, Ambition, and the Stories We Tell OurselvesBy Peter de Kuster Introduction: When the Green Light Fades, What Story Remains? F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a dazzling portrait of Jazz Age ambition, love, and loss, told through the eyes of Nick Carraway. As Nick is drawn into the…
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War and Peace: A Hero’s Journey Through Chaos, Love and the Search of Meaning
By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When History Collides with Humanity, What Story Will You Forge? Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a sprawling epic that intertwines the lives of aristocrats, soldiers, and peasants against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Through characters like Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei Bolkonsky, and Natasha Rostova, Tolstoy dissects the tension between free will…
What is Your Story? 